Analyzing ofw remittances: The determinants and their implications on the movement of exchange rates

• Main Authors: Ang, Jan Rizza D., Tan, Maisie C., Sophia, Manelle M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Migrant remittances; Emigrant remittances; Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11232
• Institution: De La Salle University

Over the past two decades, OFW remittances have diversified and grown, improving income distribution, easing unemploymet as well as contributing to the country's balance of payments. This paper uses estimated data on remittances to eliminate biases present in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data. U...